Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-05-07
PROGRESS AT GREAT FALLS
The Building Boosa-A Long List of
Business Bocks~That viii
Soon Adorn Our
Streets,


over Great Falls. The building season b
set in with a rush and contractors are bus
with numerous stores and residence
With few exceptions the buildings will b
OF brick. They will be built to a large e.
tent by business men of means and expe
rience who have fullest confidence in th
growth of Great Falls as the metropolis O
northern Montana and the coming bushes
center of this region. Lots have been sol
under building contracts for forty blocks o.
Central avenue, but the most noteworth,
Improvements in progress or to be com
menced soon are those mentioned below
The first improvement which meets th,
eye on Central avenue is the hotel annex
The Park hotel under the management o.
Mr.. Ehrhart has done SO we'll that he finds
it necessary todouble its size. The addi
ton. of which the founGatfon and celia,
walls have been laid, will give the hotel 8
frontage of $50 feet on Park drive, which
with 100 feet frontage onCentral avenue
will make this one of the5fnest hotels in
Montana. The entire building will be
heated by steam and lighted by elec-
trieity. 1t will have electric call bells. a
steam laundry and every other improve
ment connected with hotel of the first
class.
On the north side of Central avenue the
office building which is being erected for
Phil. Gibson. real estate and insurance
agent, is nearly completed
There will soon be built near this anoth-
er building for Office purposes. 1t will be
owned by Webster, Chowen & Diekerman
and will add considerably to the good ap
pearance of the avenue.
Next to this will be a two story brick
building, the property of Parchen & Wells,
two Helena capitalists who visited this citp
and were greatly struck by its splendid
prospects.
Immediately below thisshlock MIR. Al
bright will build brick store TO accom-
modate his furniture husi.gss which is in
creasing daily.
Burch & Hotchhiss will builfi near By
a two-story building with a spacious base
ment 1t will have an iron front and cor
nice. This fine building will De occupied
as hardware store by It's enterprising
owners.
Next this the foundation has been laid
for two or three stores on the lot owned
by Gibson and Vaughn.
Above this will be fine 5wo-story house
with dressed stone front and base sement.
This building, which will be one of the
inest on the avenue, will be the property
IF Chowen, Webster s. Co. The first floor
will be occupied by C. P. Thomson, who |
will carry on the dry goods business there. |
East of this the foundation has been Iai |
y j. Il. Mcknight of a general merchan-
lise store, which will be 100 feet deep and
lave frontage Of 80 feet.
The basement has also been built for
mother building, which will be the prop
rty of Kane, Kenloch d Gibson. This
tore viii have two stories and its dimen-
ions are to be 25x65.
Below Mr.. Lapeyer's drug store small
also be erected This spring.
On the south side of Central avenue the
ouse builders are also hard at work. At
ie corner of Central avenue and Second
rect will stand the Phelps building.
hich is being built for Mr.. Phelps. cash
r of the First National bank. The five
ore rooms in this spacious building are
| rented. One of them will be occupied
7 the postoffice. which will thus have
.ntral location.
Near the Bank of Great Falls there will {
ION be two story brick store
Above it Gibson & Phelps will build A
acious two-stery brick store, which will
occupied by Webster 81 ChurchiH, drug !
SITS of jamestown, Da q
East of that store eake, late /
Gardner, will build a.lotII which will 6
5ozso. twill hay ss6iss and be /
tilt of brick. i
In other parts of Szveral i'm n
ovements are in R Ter Bros. &
g changing the nl4 81 aeir mill r
q putting in neIf capaci- a
Of the water at t'as is being T
larged and addltl9z made to
veral houses
1eao''' 'ss Il
HELENA, May 5 Icorpora- 4